Deck 9: Policy Design and Policy Tools

Question 1

Policy design and implementation are closely related because

A)The choices made in the design process will influence the way it is implemented.
B)They are not related
C)An elected official must approve of the both the design strategy and implementation strategy.
D)The tools used to design the policy are the same tools used to implement the policy.

Answer 1

The choices made in the design process will influence the way it is implemented.

Question 2

Which of these is not one of the categories of goals, as identified by Deborah Stone?

A)Security
B)Equity
C)Liberty
D)None of the above.

Answer 2

None of the above.

Question 3

Which of these elements must policy designer consider when selecting a policy tool?

A)Behavioral assumptions about the target population
B)Political feasibility
C)Resources available
D)All of the above

Answer 3

Political feasibility

Question 4

Gaining the most output from a given level of input is known as

A)Equity
B)Effectiveness
C)Efficiency
D)Outcomes

Question 5

Events such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and tornados are classified as

A)"Acts of God"
B)Human causation
C)"Rainy day funds"
D)Negative externalities

Question 6

The enactment of the USA PATRIOT act is an example of how the goal of security may clash with the goal of _______.

A)Effectiveness
B)Equality
C)Efficiency
D)Liberty

Question 7

Leviathan is a famous work on political theory written by

A)Harold Laswell
B)Thomas Hobbes
C)Thomas Jefferson
D)Woodrow Wilson

Question 8

What is a policy goal?

A)A desired outcome of a policy
B)The process with which a policy is implemented
C)The chosen tools for creating a policy
D)The actors involved in the policy process

Question 9

Why may efficiency be a poor measure of effectiveness?

Question 10

What is one of the elements of policy design, and why is that element important?

Question 11

How might goals clash based on categories or definitions of the goals?

Question 12

How does Deborah Stone's metaphor of dividing a chocolate cake eight different ways explain equality?

Question 13

Think about a policy of interest to you, how might you measure its equity?

Question 14

Choose one element of policy design and briefly elaborate on the important questions to ask for this element.

Question 15

What is the causal model?

Question 16

What is the difference between causal theory and causal story?

Question 17

Why is it essential for policy makers to have a causal theory when creating a policy design?

Question 18

Choose a policy tool an elaborate on its features/characteristics/strengths/weaknesses.

Question 19

What is the "hortatory tool" and how is the U.S. Forestry Service using it in its efforts to combat forest fires?

Question 20

Indicators and focusing events are two main ways problems can be identified.

Question 21

Policies are often made without considering the public interest

Question 22

The "polis," according to Deborah Stone, is the political community.

Question 23

Policies are made because someone has persuaded enough of us (i.e. citizens, elected officials, etc.) about a problem.

Question 24

Policy goals are often easy to define.

Question 25

Effectiveness is the measure of how well outputs are gained with given inputs.

Question 26

Coercive policies are much easier to administer.

Question 27

Ambiguity makes policy design more difficult.

Question 28

A hortatory policy is an example of a non-coercive policy.

Question 29

Even if the causal theory behind a policy is incorrect, the policy will still likely have a positive impact on the defined problem.

Question 30

Political feasibility is important to consider when selecting a policy tool.